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On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:11 AM, palciatore@... [Homebrew_PCBs] <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:I have lurked here for a while and perhaps made one or two posts. But now is the time for action.
I go back a way and have made PC boards at home before, using high contrastnegatives from artwork that I created. But just try to get such a negativetoday and even if you can, using two of them to make a double sided board isnot the easiest thing. So, I must use more modern methods.
I am designing a board for a project and will ultimately beordering between 50 and 350 of them in an initial order. This represents asignificant expense for me and I do not want to place such an order until I amreal sure that the foil is 100% OK. I can accept minor silk screen errors sothat is not as important. So I need to make one or a few prototypes FROM THEVERY ARTWORK printed from the PC design program I choose. I haven't chosen ityet but am leaning toward a system called Design Spark. I haven't played withit yet, but it looks a lot like the software used by Advanced Circuits.
I know I can order several boards for about $65 withshipping but if there is a mistake, then I have to do it a second time andheaven forbid, a third. So am looking for a low cost method to do this at home.My time is precious, but I can spend some on this if it lowers the cost. I amlooking for suggestions with specifics (like the model number of any equipmentsuggested) for doing this. I count expendables as project cost and equipment ascapital expenses. So the equipment is easier to justify in my eyes. Sorry if Isound like a bean counter, but the equipment can be used on future projectswhile the expendables are gone with this one.